I'm quite a shy person, but I know I'm a good football player. That's just the way I am. That's the way I grew up. My grandmother brought me up, and she is the same way. She's understated, but she knows what she's worth.

As a football player, you must have a big ego to respect yourself. So if you are a good player, you must say that you are good. You need to have the confidence.

I don't think it's wrong to have a big ego. Sometimes a big ego can help you also.

I can play in a lot of different positions; I can do a lot of things.

I think if you think that far ahead about the first four, or to be champions, that is something you cannot control. You can control the training, and then the performance will come game by game, and do not think that far ahead.

In the Premier League, almost everyone is difficult to beat; it depends on how you begin a game and how you play in the game.

You will not create a lot of chances in every game, but if you stop the opponent getting chances, you will win more.

No team can play really good in 50 games. During the season, you will not play that well all the time.

The more you are together as a team, the better you become.

We play for Liverpool. It is always our intention to win. All the players here want to compete at the top and win. The manager does not have to say to us, 'We want to win a trophy.'

During the season, you have to grow.

He gave me a lot of confidence because he said he liked my way of playing football. He said I was a person he really wanted to have in his squad. Something like that is always good to hear. It made me happy, especially as it came from such a great trainer like Jurgen Klopp. He showed how good he is at Dortmund with all the success he had.

Of course I want to score.

I've always scored through the years, no matter who I've played for.

If you are busy with a good performance, something you can control, then the chance to win the game is much bigger.

It doesn't matter who you play - you can win against anyone; you can lose against anyone.

Every opponent in the Premier League is a warning.

In a year, you can learn a lot.

Van Gaal is a teacher, pays attention to everything you do, but Hiddink is more linked to the players. He gives more freedom than Van Gaal, but I worked with both of them pretty well.

I was sad when Van Gaal left the national team, but I was also sad when Hiddink left.

You can lose games, but when you look back on the games you lose, you must be, 'Okay, we lost, but we did everything to win it.'

PSG wanted to sign me. For me, it was confirmation that I am on the right track and was in a good spell. My heart told me I had to stay at PSV where I still have things to achieve.

As a player, you want to play a lot of games.

For Feyenoor,d the biggest game is Ajax, but if Sparta are going to play for the title, then that will be the biggest game. It depends how both teams are doing.